Liz Pape, Virtual High School
Janna Vega, Idaho Digital Learning Academy
Matthew Wicks, Illinois Virtual High School
IVHS
Model - team approach with each person on team providing specific expertise
Team Roles
Subject matter experts
Instructional design
Project management - shared between administrative oversight and LMS vendor academic services
Course developer
Partners
IVHS
eCollege
Sometimes other organizations - a university, perhaps
Identification of course needs
Annual surveys of participating schools
Teacher Interest (as instructors)
Replacing existing licensed courses - especially the more popular ones
Process
Recruit the subject matter experts, often teachers
Orientation meeting for prospective teachers
Kick-off meeting - identify roles and responsibilities
Develop course outline
Proof of Concept/QA/Formal sign-off
Iterative process: Unit Development/QA/informal sign-off
Final QA/Formal course Sign-off
Middle School Consortium
Benefits
Reduced cost
Multiple perspectives
Challenges
Extra coordination effort
Differeing prioritites
Differing standards of organizations
Ongoing course maintenance
Model: In-house development by fulltime staff
Curriculum and Instruction specialists in various content areas - all experienced online teachers with additional training
Continual need to update curriculum, resources, and technology
Changes made on-the-go in response to feedback from classes in progress
Curriculum team as a resource to teachers
Template for all courses ensures consistency across the entire curriculum
Organizatoinal framework
Naming conventions
Checklists and scheduling
Instructional Philosophy applied to course development
Clearly tyied to state standards
Utilize best practices and current research
Etc.
Model: Global Consortium Model
Course development partners - member school classroom teachers
Course revision partners- member school classroom teachers
So they use the "Teacher's Learning Conference," at which 100 teachers a year come to get trained AND develop a course 22 weeks long (15-25 hours per week)
OR
A new plan called "Netcourse Instructional Methodologies" at which a shorter training for teachers is deployed for high-demand courses that are already developed
Tie payment of course developers to a calendar of deliverables! Great IDEA!
Janna Vega, Idaho Digital Learning Academy
Matthew Wicks, Illinois Virtual High School
IVHS
Model - team approach with each person on team providing specific expertise
Team Roles
- Subject matter experts
- Instructional design
- Project management - shared between administrative oversight and LMS vendor academic services
- Course developer
Partners- IVHS
- eCollege
- Sometimes other organizations - a university, perhaps
Identification of course needs- Annual surveys of participating schools
- Teacher Interest (as instructors)
- Replacing existing licensed courses - especially the more popular ones
ProcessMiddle School Consortium
- Benefits
- Reduced cost
- Multiple perspectives
- Challenges
- Extra coordination effort
- Differeing prioritites
- Differing standards of organizations
- Ongoing course maintenance
Model: In-house development by fulltime staff- Curriculum and Instruction specialists in various content areas - all experienced online teachers with additional training
- Continual need to update curriculum, resources, and technology
- Changes made on-the-go in response to feedback from classes in progress
- Curriculum team as a resource to teachers
Template for all courses ensures consistency across the entire curriculum- Organizatoinal framework
- Naming conventions
- Checklists and scheduling
Instructional Philosophy applied to course developmentModel: Global Consortium Model
- Course development partners - member school classroom teachers
- Course revision partners- member school classroom teachers
- VHS Staff - curriculum coordinators, instructional designers, instructional and education specialists
What about joining the Virtual High School??- So they use the "Teacher's Learning Conference," at which 100 teachers a year come to get trained AND develop a course 22 weeks long (15-25 hours per week)
OR- A new plan called "Netcourse Instructional Methodologies" at which a shorter training for teachers is deployed for high-demand courses that are already developed
Tie payment of course developers to a calendar of deliverables! Great IDEA!